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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-04
RAY rAnnfNa.

The omission Of = letter In . word
makes 9 wonderful difference in It's
meaning. Not long since We rote Of
"play farming suggested BY DIR. Kol-
logg's raillsry, and now this week write
OF "pay farming" suggested by the
exigencies Of the farm routine.
The books tell US Of certain rides Of
how 10 do things: Of how the carrots
must be topped just 50" else vi ! not
keep we'll; d how the beets must be
got in before frost touches them; how
tAat growing shote must have warm
quarters; that the COWS should have
warm water TO drink, and q thousand
other things TO b done that enc may
become a standard model farmer. This
Is al well enough, and Is an incentive
10 better method Aim high; but
every farmer knows that sometimes
and under some circumstances the
"rule u must be broken. As with the
best Of housekeepeFs ON wash days
things vii, get "mussy," 20 with The
best Of farmers some things wiz 80
wrong.
The cold snap caught Us with the
beess not harvested. Alvord is in the
same tx. Mullen had not finished
digging potatoes. whyts said that
Tie milk customers complained Of the
milk while we were feeding OF the ru-
tahAgA tops. The irosen ground
clampsd the becss 100 tight on the
clay and loamy and 10 dig, 50 forty
cows went on the beet patch " 10 help
themselves noon, Just an hour day.
twas that or let the cows drop OF In
their milk. half an acre Of carrots
vas fenced OF for the stock hogs and
they were turned on 70 "rOOt, hog, or
dis.''e The young cattle and dry COWS
we're turned on the rutahagAs during
Ne dinner hour. 50 now there are IN
AZ one hundred and City wiling work
eu helping 70 harvest the roofs Is
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-04
DRY PICKING.


A correspondent asks for directions
for dry picking, and also to know its
advantages.
Hang the fowls by the feet over some
receptacle where the blood can be saved
and fed 10 the growing chicks. Seize
the love 7 mandible with the left hand,
and " tn the right hand sever the ar
teries and vertebrB Just at the base Of
the brain, using small, long blade
that Is sharp. While the blood Is dow
ing pluck the quill feathers, and, IS
rapidly as possible, the entire bird.
The skin VII be found to be drawn
tightly, and there win be no danger Of
tearing the surface, II one Is quick 70
act and rapid in bis movements. The
secret Of the business - to remove
every sign Of the feathers without in
the least marring the surface OF the
skin.
The advantages are found In the fact
that TIE demanda q the market win
not accept scalded poultry, save ct
very low figure, and that by scalding
we lose all possible profits. Plump,
well proportioned chickens, with yel-
low skin and legs, neatly and smoothly
dressed, viii always sell at good pro-
TT; and the better the quality, shape
and appearance, the higher the price.
This may not always apply to the
home market, and with Il The breeder
has but little to do. He must seek
that market where price depends upon
looks and color as well rs size. There
Is fancy value IN poultry for the mar
ket, Just az there Is in creamery but
ter. The wealthy classes Of the large
cities demand . superior article Of food,
both in quality and locks, and to this
demand the breeder should cater.
Here Is where profit in farming may
be found. IL Is also true that an edu-
Gated taste is growing with all classes,
so that the inferior beef, mutton, poui-
try and butter Of years ago Is being
crowded TO the wall, and the better
class called for. No matter what our
habits, methods or notions, 10 secure
3 profit in farming, we must produce
what the top Of the market demands.
-LMaine Farmer.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-04

yaza. - fln11s. szssl. apIessunc. Il
rs teanns. but msEe not1Ray sd
aaEely ~ bis uooa pie. = James, MiII
20 eut ~ sszns Weod 10 est dinner
Nithfn That te1ls he uho'e skory; Il
= psarizey u keeping. e. 4 be should
hMFe = ~, = wife. wnik anti / 90 10
81 smother ounes q "a heiors you
SO suRpeE.r sometina We see men.
otherwise good providers and shrifEy.
renins ~ this enc particular thing;
but, g . rule, he man that has ;
poorly kept wood-pile las his riEn cut.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-04
now TO FEKD.

But we must explain e. this point
that no Grain i 70 be Ted alone. This
Il The great error Of most feeders CIV
ing grain and hay separately. Both
tie grain and the hay lose large per
cenfare Of their food vslue By separaf-
ing them. To feed cattle tn the best
wsv the hay should al b cut and
nsossfenea aslsl the ground feed naixed
with il, 80 that the I've beeome blend
Cd together On naastlczf1en, y Al en-
ters the rumen together and after BE-
ing subjected % The nAscszatlng pre-
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-04
THE OLD HKz BEsr.

An intelligent correspondent Of the
Indiana Farmer, having made spe-
ciAl study OF the artificial propagation
OF poultry, remarks that those who
chronicle phenomenal success ara IN
some way Interested u the sale Of in
cubatsrs. One patent In particular Il
mentioned Of which the writer says:
/" knew that the only way 70 make II
hatch was 10 leave the top open, put
ten eggs IN &c time, and 9 steady Old
hen on them--one that had thoroughly
concluded 70 become q mother"
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-04

In q very pertinent article on swine
feeding, the National Live Stock Jour
nal says: Now the true way to fatten
pigs, at any season Of the year, Ia TO
give q portion Of coarse food, such as
turnips, beets, carrots, potatoes, cook
ed clover hay or grass, the last being
the natural food Of the pig and in sum
mer always ak hand. II We take all
the hexs iattened Ia the United States
in I year, and change the time Of fat
tening from cold to warm weather, one
half the grain now fed viii make all
The pork. This would be saving Of
food, ct least, 70 the amount OF 49,
OO0,Oo0 per year
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-04
~ srrrrna -

For full six weeks the hen had set
on two corncohs and a small brickbat,
And she looked at the storm. the fierce
old fowl,
With = tragic cluck and a wrathfnl
scoWi.
The clouds grew black; q lightning
shaft
Struck this old en- directly aft
High. high above the thunder then
Arose the squawk Of the maddened
hen.
For with savage peck she met the
shock.
This crusiy. tough old Plymouth
And bounding hack, with awful Jolt,
Went the CHASTITY wreck Of . thunder
bolt.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-04

~Thaf q shs Rrsn1sat msdieins d aAis
wuEsdp saia Mr.. Murray e - Ooe1n
Houso, e. - atepps6 tnse eesW1sts
yo1r eEar OSuzh ETrups $50
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-04
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.st - ~ 'lsslIcd = ~ MKkEKs
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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-04
ruRE NILE.

The st. Paul Farmer says, referring
to the raid made upon impure milk In
that city:
THE Office Of Commissioner Ives IL
In the capitol at st. Paul, and In the
basement Of the same building is the
laboratory, where the milk testing is
done in the most careful manner, by
the aid Of the latest instruments and
the most scientific methods. As men
toned last week, the main efforts Of
the force are al present directed toward
carrying out the new law 70 prevent
the sale Of unhealthy dairy products;
particular attention being paid to the
quality Of the milk being supplied to
the citizens Of Sc. Paul and Minneap-
oils. To this end many hundreds Of
samples have been examined. The re-
quirement Of the law IL that milk shall
show at least 81 per cent. Of fatty
matter. II less than this amount, the
dealer Is liable 10 prosecution. Much
complaint has been made that this
standard is too high, but tn commits
sioner has demonstrated TO his entire
satisfaction that such Is not the case.
A large number Of tests among diaries
and the farmers from whom the sup
ply comes TO the city dealers revealed
the fact that the average amount Of
fatty matter was fully 1 per cent. Yet
the faafs have shown many cases where
the percentage falls considt rably below
.3l<. These win furnish cases for pros
ecution in the courts"
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-04
now TO HAVE TIE BEsr RAooS.


The Scottish Agricultural Gazette
says:
IL you wish to have the best bacon
YOU have but 20 follow the sollowfng
xsations Assuming that the pig had
AasR properly fed, for you cannot have
NE best bacon from 4 garbage fed
Aast, we viii take rs example . 300
pound pig. Sprinkle covering Of salt
over each piece, and lay them IN Tub
where they viii remain for - hours.
Take out and pour OF the brine that
has been made. Next powder about
half a pound Of salfT etre and rub this
thinly over the pieces, giving an extra
dose Of the saltpetre at the openings.
Then rub IN aboutone pound Of brown
sugar and follow with moderate dose
of salt. Lay the pieces into the tub
and sprinkle q little salt over zach.
/ Take them out every alternate day and
give them q rub over with the brine
| that viii be found at the bottom Of the
tub, and in putting them back reverse
| the positions Of the pieces, so 10
bring each 10 the bottom IN turn, one
| time with the sward down. the next
1 with the sWard mp The liitches should
remain IN the Tub q week, the shoul.
ders q fortnight, and the hams three
weeks. When finally taken cut. wash
the bacon with = cloth moistened in
tepid water. wipe dry, sprinkle little
l oatmeal ove- II, and hang mp 90 the
kitehen ceiling to dry. Where thers
are Opeaines in the shoulders and
hams, at the shank, ETC., dust In little
pepper, and Il adark room i avaiiahis
when dy, hang them up there. and
no further precaution is needed. II
however, the bacon Is cured In winter
OF about the new year, it becomes sum
ciently dry % escape the attack az aies
IN the spring.
The above directions may seem 4
involve considerable tronhle, in reality
they mean an hour each alternate dny
81 curing, but the work Is well repaid
The veriest tyro need not fad 20 maxi
good bacon 4 he VIII carry out tn
above.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-02
THE PLUCKINGs OF PILFERERS.
An Unusually Busy Day for Bold Burglars
aud Light-Fingered Thieves.

After the circus performance yesterday after
noon a horse driven by Mrs. Oscar j. Hoover
became frightened on White river bridge aud
she jumped from the buggy. During the ex-
element crowd of men gathered around, and
one Of them grabbed her satchel, in which g
gold watch she had placed there for safe keep
ing. The thief ran and the police pursued him,
but he made his escape.
During the afternoon the residence of Gus
Bruner, No los Ash street, was entered by
burglars, while the family were attending the
,ircus. and the family's iewelry and silverware
was carried away All the drawers in the
house ransacked, but the object of the
thieves seemed money its equivalent, and
nothing else was disturbed.
The residence of Louis Gardner No. 432 West
New York street. also raided during the af-
Lernoon. while the family were absent. and val
uables worth over 800 were stolen, including q
lady's gold watch and other articles of jewelry
The thieves got into the house by picking the
lock of a rear door.
Wednesday night the grocery store of G. G.
Krue. No. 296 East Georgia street was robbed
OF S24, several pipes. and quantity of cigars
Admittance was gained by forcing the
door.
Edward Robbins, who is supposed to have
been following the circus. was caught in the
Of robbng Fl. j. McLain at the National Hotel
yesterday morning. Mr.. McLain had left his
room for a moment, and when he returned Rob
bins was appropriating a suit of clothing. The
thief WAS taken directly before Mayor Denny.
who committed him to jail to await the action
OF the grand jury in the case.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-02
complaint for foreclosure of mechanics lein
Demand, $780,
Ira Collins vs. Adolph Lipkotz; suit account;
SEEING THE CIRCUS.
Nearly Twenty Thousand People Attend the
Two Performances of Sells Brothers Show.

A street parade that surpassed expectations,
and weather well suited to the enjoyment of
circus festivities aided materially in attracting
about 8. 900 people to the performance given by
Sells Brothers Show, the grounds west of
White river. yesterday afternoon. Every eat
under the immense tent was occupied, and last
night. wher fully TO, 900 persons passed into the
entrance. the crowd was greater than could well
De accommodated. Thousand or more
were unable to get inside the ropes protecting
the seats from the race-track, and those
who were willing TO endure some discomfort for
the sake of seeing the performance were allowed
to ait on the ground. at the risk OF being run
over while the hippodrome races were in prog
ress 1t was great show day. The crowd
looked like State fair gathering under canvass.
Whole families and great many of them were
there They ate pea nuts and drank lemonade
with great relish. aud the Young who sold
palm-leaf fans life preservers, had greater
market than they were prepared to supply.
The performance up to the standard
known among show going people as "a good
circus" number of the best performers in
the profession appeared in the two rings, and
gave all that one desires TO in the line of
difficult and daring feats. The riding of young
William Sells is especially remarkable. The
trained animals and the Wild West show
equal other exhibitions in that line that
have been seen here. The races however. form
the conspicuous feature of unusual merit In the
show. They really exciting and are given
with much spirit.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-02
A WRONGED WOMAN'S STORY.
Mrs. Courneau Returns from France to Ask
Rehearing Of Her Husbands Divorce.

A petition was fled in the Superior Court
yesterday asking a rehearing of the divorce suit
of John A. Courneau against his wife Courneau
is French fresco artist who was employed for
three or four years in the new State house. He
came to this city direct from France in 1882, &C
companied by his wife. Two years ago. during
q scarcity of work, he persuaded his wife to
would go to Texas in search of work. and if he
was unsuccessful be would take a steamer at
New Orleans direct for home. In case he found
remunerative employment he promised to send
for his wife. He remained in Texas only few
weeks and then returned TO indianapolis. Lizzie
Meyers, an attache of the old Zoo Theater, at
tracted his attention and he spent much of his
time with her. About year ago the two
arrested, charged with maintaining illegal rela-
tons, and besides being fined. were sentenced TO
a short term of imprisonment in the county Jail.
Soon after his release Courneau applied for and
was granted divorce from his wife the
ground of abandonment. The decree had hardly
been rendered before Secretary Snyder of the
Police Board, received letter from Mrs. Cour-
neau, making inquiries about her husband, and
stating that he had sent her home without mon
ey, and had since refused TO make any provision
for her support. There was some correspond
euce between the officials and Mrs. Courneau
regarding the case, but tho matter finally
turned over to Father Bessonies. and through
his ad vice the vyronged woman is returning to
and her husband compelled to make some pro-
VISION for her support. Mrs Courneau arrived
In New York several days ago and is expected
here this week
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-02

i've tongue, what I supposed to be that
language "Cinque sous" was his answer By
the avs of sentiment. / ought to have made the
ignobe sum five francs at least. But if had
done SO, the waiter would undoubtedly have
thought that / had just from Clarendon.
Besides. why should | violate the simple hal It's
and traditions of the place where generation
alter generation of poor students and threadbare
Boh@mians had taken their morning coffee and
pocketed their two Jumps OF sugar. 1t with
feeling of virile sanity and Roman self-conquest
that paid my FIVE with the small addi-
tional fraction which l supposed the waiter to
expect and
So passed for the last time over the thresh-
old of the old Cafe Procope. where Voltaire had
matured his PLAYS and Piron sharpened his cpl
grams; where Jouffroy had battled with his
doubts and fears; whore since their time-since
my days of Partisan life-the terrible storming
youth. afterwards renowned Leon Michel
Gambetta. had startled the quiet guests with
his noisy eloquence till the old habtues spilled
their coffee and the red capped students said TO
each other, III ira loin, galllardai
But what to me were these shadowy figures
By the side of the group of my early friends and
companions, that came up before me all the
freshness of their Young manhood! The mem
DRY of them recalls my youthful days. and
I need not to Florida to battle in the foun-
tain of Ponce de Leon
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-02
Georgia Convicts Murdered.

ATLANTA, Ga, Sept 1.-Governor Gordon
has received information from Dodge county of
a case of cruelty to convicts in Degrees camp
which has been uEearthed by the Dodge county
grand jury At that camp fifty convicts are
One of the convicts made to work by a fire
He complained of being sick, but with the lash
Bryan com PEELED him to keep at work until at
last the convict fell dead at his feet The grand
jury indicted Brant for m urder but he heard of
il and escaped to Alabama. The other convicrs
are equally badly treated. Another case was
that of negro who escaped from the camp. The
managers supposed that he would make his
escape by the railroad, and a guard went to
intercept him. The guard went to cut below
the station where there had been an old mill.
After some time there they heard the clanking
of chains and knew the negro coming. The
negro came in sight and shot dead The
guard said he halted the negro and he ran This
statement was controverted by the fact that
every shot fred the negro's breast
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-02
BABIES.
A Dozen and One superstitions About the
Little Tots of Humanity.

Philadelphia Press.
Receiving the card of little stranger who
had arrived at the home of friend few weeks
before, FASTENED at to bear greeting
ing baby reception room when we were met by
the head nurse. good, comforta able LOOKING
Scotch woman, who account would allow
us to come in without first removing our gloves
and wells
Surely the bonnie bit laddie would ma haze
luck at a." she said. as she watched US divest
ourselves of the Objectionable articles; land
you rnaun a max guild wish for bath soul
and body when you tax him in your arms
We willingly complied with this request, and
delighted her beyond all reason by accidentally
giving the child his full name he opened his
eyes and gazed into vacancy, although appar-
entity
Indeed, mistress he is sure to De a credit to
his father and the kirk, forby the guild luck that
maun follow a child that answers sac readily to
his name!"
In many parts of both England aud Scotland
at the present time new baby Is presented
with egg, which represents both meat and
drink salt which savors everything. bread the
staff of life, matches to light It through the
world, and coin, that it may never want
money.
1t is thought to be very lucky for child TO
cry at baptism.
Be and let the baby have touch the
thing that he starts after when he taxes his first
step, even if 1t is the moon-he must be let
touch something high which its light shines
and then he will always get his wishes.
lie should be taken into the sunlight first on
a Sabbath day, put into short clothes, and in
fact all changes made upon that day.
And SO on, all through our darlngs cradle life
are such fancies talked about. believed, and
and what harm it do to believe that when
our baby smiles in his sleep he is talking with
angels, or that when We a Shooting-Star
some baby's soul is on it's way to this earthl
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-02
AT THE CAFE PROCOPE.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Revssits His Old
Haunts-A Pathetic Retrospect.

September Atlantic.
The next place to visit could be no other than
the Cafe Procope. This famous resort is the
most ancient and the most celebrated Of all the
Partisan cafes. Voltaire the poet j. B. Rous-
seau, Marmontel. Saint Folk, Saurin, were
among Its frequenters in the eighteenth century.
1t stands in the Rue des Posses Saint German,
Rue de rAncienne Coincide. Several Amer
lean students, Bostonians and Philadelphians,
myself among the number. used to breakfast at
this cafe every morning. l have no doubt that
l met various celebrities there, but / recall only
one name which is likely to be- known to most
many of my readers A Geicate-looking man.
Jouffroy. If had known much about
him as learned afterwards, l should
have looked at him with more in
terest. He had one of those imaginative
natures. tinged by constitutional melancholy and
saddened by i'll health. which belong to a
tain class of poets and sentimental writers. of
which Pascal is a good example, and Cowper
another. The world must have seemed very
cruel TO him. I remember that when he a
candidate for the Assembly. one of the popular
cries, reported by the newspapers of the
time, was IA has le poitrnare!" His maady
soon laid him low enough, for he died in 1872. at
the age OF forty-six. / must have been very
much taken up with my medical studies to have
neglected my opportunity of seeing the great
statesmen, authors, artists. orators. and men of
science outside of the medical profession Pois-
son. Arago and Jouffroy all can distinctly
recall. among the Frenchmen of emluence whom
L had all around me.
The Cafe Procope has been much altered and
date of its establishment, which in the
year 1859. | entered the cafe, which was nearly
or quite empty, the usual breakfast hour being
past
Garcont Une tasse de cafe.
II there is a river mneme a counterpart of
the river letne. my cup of coffee must have got
its water from that stream of memory. IL
could borrow that eloquence of Jouffroy which
made his hearers turn pale, / might bring up
before my readers long array of pailid ghosts,
whom these walls knew well in their earthly
habillments. Only single one of those met
here still survives The rest are mostly we'll
nigh forgotten by all but few friends, or
remembered chiefly in their children and grand
children.
How muchp said to the garcon in his nat